Baseball: KM, Burns nab conference victories

Kings Mountain 4, Huss 0 -- Wil Sellers threw a complete-game four-hit shutout as Kings Mountain evened its Big South 3A Conference record at 4-4 with a 4-0 win against the Huskies Thursday at Lancaster Field.

Sellers struck out seven and walked two in seven innings.

Kings Mountain (9-8 overall) is now in sole possession of fourth place, which is where it needs to finish to secure a playoff spot.

A three-run fifth broke open a tight contest. Daniel Barrett singled, advanced to second on an errant throw and came around when Sellers reached on an error. Then Alex Reynolds’ two-run home run made it a three-run inning and pushed it to the final margin.

An inning earlier, the Mountaineers got on the board when Alex Grooms doubled and scored on a Colby Crisp single.

Grooms, Crisp and Reynolds had two hits apiece for Kings Mountain, which visits Ashbrook on Tuesday. Huss (5-12, 1-8) hosts Chase on Tuesday.

Burns 11, Chase 0 – The Bulldogs kept a firm grasp on second place in the SMAC, one game behind the leader, with a six-inning rout of host Chase Thursday night.

Ethan Carpenter went the distance in the ‘mercy-rule’ shortened contest, tossing a two-hitter for Burns (13-5, 7-1).

Phillip Black had two hits, including a two-run triple, to lead the Bulldogs’ attack and finished the game with three RBI for the night.

Burns steps out of league play Monday night with a game at Bandys, then returns home to take on East Rutherford in SMAC action Tuesday night.